broken #cpu #motherboard

I tried to apply thermal paste and re-apply my heatsink. After re-installing my computer no longer turns on. No fan spin or front panel LED, only a flashing red light on the motherboard. My computer was working well before but idling at high temperature, so i decided to add thermal paste. The...

I was doing some overclocking on my CPU and when I booted into Windows the computer just shut off. In the BIOS I reset to the Defaults, and it still couldn't go into Windows. I at first thought it was my Windows being corrupted and so I tried to restore my boot drive to get into windows but...

Hello, Started building a pc for my sister yesterday with the following specs: CPU: i5 7400 [re-used from old build] MOBO: Msi z170a [re-used from old build] RAM: 4x4gb ddr4 [re-used from old build] GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1650 1x Sata SSD 1x Sata HDD PSU: Corsair CV550 The parts that are being...

PSU or motherboard electrical short? Hey everyone, so I have been having a rough couple of days due to my computer seemingly getting fried in what should have been a simple case swap. Pc build: Intel i7 8700k Asus Maximus code xi z390 Corsair h100i pro aio Seagate 2tb hdd Samsung 970evo nvme...

So, when I power on my PC the fans all spin up but nothing else happens. There is no output to either of the monitors and the caps lock button does not seem to work. Originally even the fans but that was fixed after removing and replacing the CMOS battery. I've since tried only using one RAM...

So i went on and bought a second hand I7 4770 processor, Asus H81m-k motherboard and a 16gb ram hyper fury x. Then i proceed to build it with my gtx 960ti gpu but the monitor says no vga signal. The HSF and cooler fans are working. i tried and plugged in the mouse and keyboard and that seems to...

Hello y'all, i've been woried for some time now because my cpu is always turbo-ing. Even if i put it off in the bios it will still turbo. I have this since that i upgraded my motherboard, ram and cpu. Specs here: Msi b450 gaming plus max Ryzen 5 3600 ddr4 16gb 3200mhz corsair vengeance I used...

Alright so this is about a friend's computer but it's been sitting there for months so I figured I would help him if I could. So he dropped an external harddrive on the top of his case (close to the CPU) and after that the computer won't show any displays on any screens but it's registering...

Hello folks, 2 years ago I bought some components and build myself a PC. amd ryzen 5 2600 asrock ab350 pro4 nvidia gtx 1050ti <-- this died, was replaced with a 1660 Ballistix Sport LT LS2K8G4D30BESBK 16GB ram Corsair VS650 650W ATX PSU Ever since I had this setup (the 1050ti I had in my...

Hello! I Just started building a new pc, but open trying to turn it on, a quiet high pitch wheeze comes from my psu and nothing comes on. (no lights, no fans, nothing) I then started to trouble shoot, as I did that I noticed that the PC only turns on when the CPU power cable is unplugged, it...

Hi all , last night I spilt some liquid on my desktop, (maybe 200ml) I straight away unplugged it opened it up cleaned/dried it and left it upside down for a few hours later when I tried to turn it on it will turn on but will not connect to my monitor (tried 2 different cables) I then went to...